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By Tomohiro OSAKI WAJIMA, Japan, Jan 3, 2024 (AFP) – Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 55 people. The 7.5 magnitude quake on January 1 that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, sparked a major fire and tore apart roads. The Noto Peninsula of the prefecture […]
TOKYO, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. All 379 passengers and crew on board the passenger plane which burst into flames were safely evacuated, Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters. But five of the six crew members from the smaller plane — bound for central Japan […]
SEOUL, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – South Korea on Tuesday said it has lodged a “stern” protest against Tokyo’s inclusion of disputed islands in a tsunami advisory issued after a major earthquake struck a day earlier. Seoul has controlled the Dokdo islets — known as Takeshima in Japan — located off its east coast since 1945, when Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean peninsula ended. Tokyo says the islands are illegally occupied by South Korea. […]
By Fred Mery with Hiroshi Hiyama in Tokyo WAJIMA, Japan, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – Japanese rescuers battled the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a New Year’s Day earthquake that killed at least 48 people and caused widespread destruction. The 7.5 magnitude quake that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, caused a major fire and tore apart roads. On the […]
MAUMERE, Indonesia, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – More than 2,000 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters amid heightened volcanic activities in a volcano in eastern Indonesia, a local official said Tuesday. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Nusa Tenggara province has erupted several times in recent weeks, including an eruption on Monday that spewed volcanic ash 1.5 kilometres (4,800 feet) above its peak, according to the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG). The […]
SHANGHAI, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – China’s average temperature in 2023 was its hottest since records began, state media said citing officials Tuesday, capping a year of extreme weather events for the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. The record-setting temperatures were part of an unprecedented series of extreme events last year around the world — including heatwaves, droughts and wildfires that scientists say are being exacerbated by climate change. China’s national average temperature last […]
TOKYO, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, media reports said. Images on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before a large explosion of orange flames exploded from beneath and behind it. All 367 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Airbus plane were evacuated, NHK reported. Those onboard included eight […]
No Filipino hurt or killed, PHL gov’t says (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, Jan. 2, expressed solidarity with Japan after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Ishikawa prefecture on New Year’s Day. In a statement, the President said “we have made the offer to assist in any way that we can.” “In the face of shared climate challenges within the Pacific Ring of Fire, we stand united with Japan and stay ready to provide support from […]
No Filipino hurt or killed, PHL gov’t says (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, Jan. 2, expressed solidarity with Japan after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Ishikawa prefecture on New Year’s Day. In a statement, the President said “we have made the offer to assist in any way that we can.” “In the face of shared climate challenges within the Pacific Ring of Fire, we stand united with Japan and stay ready to provide support from […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has directed the Anti-Money Laundering Council and all concerned agencies to address the strategic deficiencies that would lead to the removal of the Philippines from the global money laundering “gray list” in 2024. This is according to AMLC Executive Director Matthew David, who held a press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 2. David said it was important to expedite the removal of the country from the list, of which the Philippines was […]
By Ilan Ben Zion EILAT, Israel, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – Deep under the Red Sea, a passing Israeli warship could barely be heard as Yamit Avital held her breath and dived, her mind briefly cleared of the trauma of the October 7 Hamas attacks. “There’s a kind of tranquility to the sea, in the deep,” Avital said after she emerged from 20 metres (66 feet) under the aquamarine waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, […]
